When I was a kid, there was a show called You Can’t Do That On Television. It’s now famous for having starred a pre-little pill Alanis Morisette, but at the time the show was known for having a Pavlovian method of censorship – say the wrong word or phrase and stuff rains down on you. [...]
03.9.12 | life, media, technology | bradley
The Virginia House of Delegates and Senate have both passed HB 462 – a bill requiring an ultrasound (previously requiring a transvaginal ultrasound) as well as requiring a waiting period before getting an abortion. To the people in support of that bill I argue this: Number of times the Bible bans the eating of shell [...]
I suddenly got very cold and weak. That can mean only one thing: the lean pockets I had for lunch have gone on the offensive. This might be my last blog post. [Editor's note: See? You can talk about what you had for lunch on any new media, not just Twitter.]
Web-based episodic fiction is hard. Really hard. You have no budget, which is good because viewers have no attention span. However, when creating your narrative, this means restricting episodes to pretty much one simultaneous plot line. Television viewers rejected the single plot line ages ago. Even the most basic television series have had an A [...]
02.27.12 | life, media, technology | bradley
Imagine, if you will, a world in which a nap is a discreet and physical item. You, yes you!, could go to the store and purchase a nap. It stands to assume that some industry would arise around naps. We’d have mass produced naps. And we’d have organic naps. There would be an entire cottage [...]
“If you could, how would you remake the world?” she asked. “No idea,” I replied, “I’ll tell you what I wouldn’t do, I wouldn’t give bears lasers. They’re already dangerous enough as it is.” [Actual conversation 4:52pm on a Tuesday afternoon]
“Tyler, are those chocolate chocolate chip muffins?” “Shit yeah they are.” “Then I shall have one.” Editor’s Note – the lens flare makes this post 73% more J.J. Abrams approved.
Had a few moments this morning so I whipped up a Richmond-version of my favorite meme of the moment.
Many, many years ago, back before “the Internet,” I belonged to a BBS called Top Gun. On said BBS there was a member who would pop on every now and again continue a lengthy, very funny, serial story. Each episode of said story would end the exact same way, “…and then the squirrels attacked.” Every [...]
02.8.12 | Intellectual Property, life, writing | bradley
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